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Perry, IA Urban Area

7,598 Population
2.9 square miles 2,593.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±3.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$33,762 ±$5,640 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,234 ±$7,946 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±3.7% (672  ±271) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.1 minutes ±2.2 (96,005  ±11,671) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,970 ±244 Number of households
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.2 (7,432  ±182) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.7% ±6% (167  ±107) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,293 ±228 Number of housing units
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$121,300 ±$18,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4.9% (778  ±361.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±7.9% (4,251  ±469.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17% ±3.8% (851  ±198.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

20.8% ±4.8% (1,580  ±368) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±2% (262  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
262 Total veterans ±113 206 Male ±93 56 Female ±63

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